Recipe from inmamaskitchen.com

logo  
in mamas kitchen dot com©
home mothers recipes food is art seasons membership
submit your recipes, click here     
breakfast soup recipes dessert

Gumbo

  • 2 pounds smoked sausage

  • 1 pound. clams (optional)
  • 3 cups finely chopped onions
  • 1 1/2 cups finely chopped celery
  • 1 cup finely chopped green peppers
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • 1 teaspoon basil
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 1/4 cup chopped parsley
  • Salt & pepper  to taste
  • 1 (16 oz.) can tomatoes, drained
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons file
  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 cup cooking oil
  • 4 tablespoons flour
  

Method

Saute flour in oil until dark brown, whisking all the while. Add onion, celery, green pepper and  garlic, and cook until onion is soft. More oil can be added. Add tomatoes and cook 15 minutes.

Stir in 6 quarts water. Add bay leaf, basil and thyme. Cook 45 minutes.

Clean shrimp and crab. Separate legs from body of crab and crack in several pieces. Add to stock pot. Cook additional 20 minutes. Stir in file and parsley and cook additional 10 minutes.

Serve in soup bowls over hot fluffy rice.

Serves 10

Contributor: pat ciesla

more soup recipes

more new orleans recipes

 
 

top of page

 

Google

©inmamaskitchen.com         membership agreement